load up

English

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Verb

load up (third-person singular simple present loads up, present participle loading up, simple past and past participle loaded up)

1. (transitive) To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.

   We loaded up the wagon with supplies.

2. (transitive) To load (things) as cargo or similar.

   Antonym: offload

   Q: What should we do with these other boxes? A: Load 'em up, same as the others.

3. (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar.

   The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.

   Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.

4. (idiomatic, ambitransitive) To fully load (a weapon).
5. (computing, ambitransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
   • 2014, Nathan K. Battles, The Transcendent, page 29:

     The game loaded up and he instantly grabbed the game controller.

6. (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
   • 1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club:

     John Bender (Judd Nelson): You load up, you party…
     Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall): No, we get dressed up, but we don't— we don't get high.

Related terms

• loadout (noun)

Further reading

• “load up v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

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